2026 Labor Notes Conference

2026 Labor Notes Conference

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8:00am CDT

Recovery/Sobriety Meeting JFK

9:00am CDT

Using Comics in Your Organizing United BNess Garza • Annabelle Heckler • Dan Mendez Moore • Aaron Novik Write a Story for Labor Notes! United AJane Slaughter FILM: We Build Power: Organizing Coalitions to Fight For Public Education Rosemont BArlene Inouye • Sam Cleare • Jay Procktor • Denisha Jordan Drafting Contract Language: 20 Worst Mistakes to Avoid LAXRichard de Vries Getting Members Ready to Lead at the Bargaining Table Grand Ballroom BTimothy Kurtz • Danielle Newsome • Evan Yeats How to Investigate a Safety and Health Incident ParisDiane Stein • Denis Stephano Hospital Workers Building Solidarity ViennaHeather Bauman • Belinda Carpenter • Blandine Chauvel • Rosa Villarroel Know Your Rights for Immigrant Workers NaritaJorge Mujica Heartbreak for Union Staffers Grand Ballroom CEllen David Friedman Beyond Rainbow Capitalism HartsfieldKeturah Johnson • Melia Delaney • Crystal Gong • Jackson Katz • Mina Leon Casing an Employer: On-the-Ground Research for New Organizing Targets LambertCarey Dall • Eric Dryburgh Southern Workers Meeting HeathrowJessica Magnani A Pro-Worker Approach to Trade Policy Int’l Ballroom ERyan Harvey • Elías Iván García Ríos • Dustin Guastella • Lyron Hope People Over the Pentagon Int’l Ballroom AJohn Braxton • Steve Morse • Virginia Rodino Fighting for Good Health Care for Working People Int’l Ballroom FChuck Pennacchio • Carl Rosen Veterans and Military Families Meetup Midway Your Caucus Won. Now What? LindberghBarbara Madeloni • Basil Darling • Max Page • Jackson Potter Democratic Rights of Union Members: Know Your Rights DFWWill Bloom Running for Union Office DaVinciWillem Morris Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Growing Your Leadership Team O'Hare BallroomSarah Slichter • Joel Solow Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Turning an Issue into a Campaign Rosemont AKyle DeAngelis • Lauren Monaco You Can't Do It All Yourself: Learn It, Do It, Teach It Grand Ballroom AJulian Meltzer • Stephanie Basile Cómo luchar contra la desorganización del jefe LondonLigia Gualpa • Yolanda Barron Carmona • Estela and Gerania • Juan Vargas Mass Strikes: Past and Present Rosemont CDNelson Lichtenstein • Mercedes Martinez • Kieran F. Knutson • Koo Jinsung

10:45am CDT

Creative Tactics and Strategic Mischief Grand Ballroom CEric Johns • Bahaar Tadjbakhsh Songwriting for the Movement United AJoe Jencks • Colleen Kattau Secrets of a Successful Social Media Video United BWhitney Washington • Caitlyn Clark • Erica Markson • Craig Stewart Building Trades: Internal Organizing NaritaDave Pinkham • Anthony Valladares Steering Green Transitions Grand Ballroom AMeghann Adams • Crystal Bernard • Kandis Sebro • John Parry Take a Closer Look: They’re Privatizing Your School Rosemont BNick Cream • Anna Derby • Joanna Gonsalves • Rich Levy We Keep Each Other Safe: Protecting All of Us During Street Actions DaVinciDiane Stein • Kenny Pailes • Janelle Nystrom Strikes and the Law LambertGay Semel How to Form an Organizing Committee Int’l Ballroom CHarinee Suthakar How We Organized Our Union Grand Ballroom HIsabela Escalona • Tera Arnold • Suzi Carbone • Ed Dupree • Ella Fent Organizing the South Grand Ballroom BJacob Morrison • Trenton Adkins • Mary Hill • Jeremy Kimbrell • Hannah Miller Salts and Peppers: Get a Job, Organize a Union! LAXJaz Brisack • Jeff Armstrong • Stasha Lampert • Atulya Dora-Laskey • Adam Obernauer • Clarissa Redwine Organizing Remote and Scattered Workers Int’l Ballroom EEmma Kinema • Rachel Kincaid • Tahlia Kirk • Rachel Weiss Solidarity Wins DFWJoe Tarulli • Dennis Dunn Union Fights on Mergers and Corporate Consolidation HartsfieldJon Schleuss • Joe Mizrahi • Reece Murtagh • Katherine Wallace From May 2026 to May 2028: Seasons of Class Struggle Rosemont CDSamantha Winslow • Rose Bookbinder • Katie Murphy • Stacy Davis Gates • Natalie Hrizi • Derrick Osobase Tenants and Labor: Unions Teaming Up Int’l Ballroom DSilvia Abadia • Deb Gesualdo • Eduardo Lozano • Pablo Perez For (Newly) Elected Leaders: Crash Course for Taking Office McCarranSandy Pope The Role of Union Staff in a Member-Led Movement ViennaSarah Hurd • Billie Adeosun • Bill Bradley • Charlotte Kelly Women in Union Leadership Grand Ballroom GDiamonté Brown • Sultana Hossain • Julie Hedrick • Ashaki Robinson • Sabrina Creque Running for Union Office: How We Did It LondonZach Taylor • Frank Halstead • Cristina Rodriguez-Hart • Kaleigh Roehl • Duncan Zevetski Mieux S'Organiser Pour Gagner LindberghMarsha Niemeijer Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Beating Apathy O'Hare BallroomJia Lee • Shelby Shoup Secrets of a Successful Organizer: Turning an Issue into a Campaign Rosemont AShelby Shoup • Brian St. Pierre How to Have a Good Meeting MidwayLena Solow • Ben Mabie Mexico's Independent Union Movement: Challenges and Victories/El movimiento sindical independiente de México: Desafíos y victorias Grand Ballroom FSergio Villalobos • Willebaldo Gomez Zuppa • Luis Fernando Mora Reyes • Gerardo Martínez • Mayra Leon Velázquez Case Study: NewsGuild's Member-Leader Program Int’l Ballroom FNick Bedell • Nish Suvarnakar Bargaining a Yes-Strike Clause to Preserve Our Right to Strike Int’l Ballroom AMark Meinster Building the Union Through Strikes ParisMarta Aziz Tobajas • Meryl DePasquale • Kyle Gekopi

1:00pm CDT

Sunday Main Session Grand BallroomMichelle Gonzalez • Danielle Smith • Emily Lumpkin • Alfonso Martínez Valero